July 28, 2016 - AmericanSongwriter.com British folk icon Billy Bragg and Americana stalwart Joe Henry teamed up this past year to “make a record of the railroad”. The pair boarded the Texas Eagle in Chicago and rode Amtrak’s longest stretch of rail down...

Photo by Matthew Dittert June 24, 2016 - Sugarland Sun On Wednesday the Union Pacific rail bridge over the Brazos River in Richmond, was re-opened for train traffic. The bridge had been out of service for 3 weeks after damage caused by the...

June 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Texas Central, the private concern building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, received an Order of Protection from the Surface Transportation Board to shield proprietary documents from rural lawmakers and landowners that want to...

June 10, 2016 -  College student Elena Studier’s journey stops Saturday in Fort Worth Halfway through 10,000-mile tour, she hasn’t been disappointed yet After riding her bike around Fort Worth, she’ll take TRE to Dallas BY GORDON DICKSON - Fort Worth Star Telegram America...

Updated June 16, 2016 - TRA Newswire Extensive flooding in parts of Texas from storms has impacted the movement of freight and passenger rail service, especially where a Union Pacific line crosses the Brazos River. One rail source reports there was extensive damage...

May 26, 2016 - Passenger Rail Oklahoma reports that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation has informed the rail advocacy organization that funding for the Heartland Flyer service between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City has been approved for FY-2017.  However, the legislature left the train...

Updated April 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire While the north segment of the daily Heartland Flyer is expanding and expects ridership gains, Oklahoma legislators are talking about dismantling or cutting back the popular train on the southern end between Oklahoma City...

March 31, 2016 - TRA Newswire Amtrak has extended a popular buy one ticket and get one free offer until May 20. If you've been hankering to visit San Antonio, Austin, Dallas or Fort Worth, St. Louis, Chicago, Tucson, El Paso, Los...

February 8, 2016 The Surface Transportation Board is known mostly around the rail industry as an agency that Congress charged with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers. The usual day-in and day-out freight rail issues. That's why we...

February 1, 2016 - TRA Newswire MERIDIAN — A friend of Texas Rail Advocates, Gil Carmichael, died of a heart attack Sunday at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Mississippi. He was 88. From 1989 to 1993, Carmichael served in the...